^Myrtle Point in 1937
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A Group of Pretty Homes In Myrtle Point
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The city of Myrtle Point owns and occupies a
substantial one-story concrete building as its ofti-
cial home with offices for city recorder, library,
and a council chamber, while one side portion is
devoted to storage of the volunteer fire department
equipment, being manned by one of the most effi­
cient organizations in a similar-size town in the
state.
The Myrtle Point chamber of commerce is one
of the most active organizations of this character in
Southwestern Oregon, giving its earnest considera­
tion of every movement that tends to advancement
of city, community and county. Particularly has it
been alert in promoting improvement of highways
and the annual boosting of the Coos County Fair.
On this
as one of
to be found in any city, no
matter the size.
Some of the finest strawberries, loganberries
and other small fruits are raised in this locality, and
the quality is said to be unexcelled even by those
of more publicized sections, and this applies
equally as well to apples and pears.
Because of the vast timber area surrounding
Myrtle Point, there are dozens of logging camp
operations within close proximity to the city, and
from which the business concerns derive consider­
able patronage.
Myrtle Point is well
civic and service oi
lodges, a Lions club,
Foreign Wars.
Aside from those facts printed on another Myr­
tle Point page, the city has:
A bank considered one of the most successful
financial institutions of the state, owned and man­
aged entirely by local residents.
A first class hotel, lately purchased by local
residents
A class A hospital owned and operated by local
residents.
Two butter and cheese factories.
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One weekly newspaper, the Myrtle Point Her-
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One modern movie theatre.
Three oil distributing agencies.
One railroad, Marshfield to Powers, for freight
and lp||giiy purposes.
One laundry.
Myrtle Point’s leading hostelry and one of the
finest of the smaller hotels of the state, was only
a few weeks ago bought from its original owners,
• stock company of Coos Bay, by local interests
headed by Harry Dement, cashier of the Security
Bank of Myrtle Point. The hotel has been leased
to T. L. Hazelwood of this city, who assumed active
management June 1. The interior of the building
Is being entirely renovated, calcimined and redec-
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orated, and when finished will pres nt as p easing
an(j , t active ap-*parance as any. Mr. Hazelwood
needs no introduction to the public -he has be?n a
resident of the
the Myrtle
Myrtle Point
Point district
district for
for many
many years.
years,
and for a lc
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long p-riod operated
the former Unique
theatre, now
w the Hiland.
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—’ Point’s newest business enterprise is
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Bill’s _
Dairy Products opened in the building across
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street from
theater
and is owned
Lobdell. Here is made fresh each day ice cream
for the Myrtle Point trade, as well as cottage
cheese, and the new establishment handles ail kinds
of dairy products. Mr. Lobdell has been engaged
in the dairy business near Myrtle Point for several
years, and is familiarly known as “Bill.”
The property valuation of Myrtle Point in 1936
amounted to »574,491, with a levy of 71.1 mills, the
lowest of the five largest cities in Coos coun’v.
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SAFE DRIVING 18 BA8IC SPEED LAW
Safe driving is the basic speed law on Ore
highways. It is enforced for your protection
uniformed corps of courteous, intelligent and
cient state police. These officers are always happy
to assist or give information to persons driving Ore­
gon highways.
Coo* and Curry counties contain 92 per cent of
the world’s supply of Port Orford cedar, according
to a report of the Oregon state .planning boajd in
"Oregon’s Forest Problems.” The report emphasizes
that a plan of sustained yield should be worked
out to safeguard wasting this valuable timber.
Coos county’s
»24.271.600.00.
y valuation in 1936 totaled
total tax of »1,304,611.28.
Myrtle Point’s Main Street and Business Blocks
Upper row, loft to right—L. H. Pearce garage, Main street looking east, city hall. Middle row — Myrtle Hotel building.
Postoffice block. Mast hospital.
Bottom row—Hiland theater, Perkins block and Security Bank and True block.
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